and a close reading of this book reveals several inaccuracies that pretty much solidify the fact that despite the narrator's repeated claims that he is innocent, well, he's not. it is not "gritty and edgy", this is absurd. I have just returned from my teen lit readers' advisory class and everyone just ooohed and ahhhed over this book and even though i read it last summer, the gushing reaction of everyone else made me drop a star from my previous rating. don't lie about your involvement because any close reader will notice, and you will be screwed. i have just returned fro amended review, with spoilers:Īre all teen books written in eye-catching, typographically unconventional ways? or is it just this one reading list? i have nothing really to say about this book, except that for a sixteen-year-old boy in jail, it might benefit him to adopt less girly handwriting. This compelling novel is Walter Dean Myers's writing at its best.moreĪmended review, with spoilers: are all teen books written in eye-catching, typographically unconventional ways? or is it just this one reading list? i have nothing really to say about this book, except that for a sixteen-year-old boy in jail, it might benefit him to adopt less girly handwriting. But despite his efforts, reality is blurred and his vision obscured until he can no longer tell who he is or what is the truth. He writes it all down, scene by scene, the story of how his whole life was turned around in an instant.
#Monster walter dean myers pages trial
For the first time, Steve is forced to think about who he is as he faces prison, where he may spend all the tomorrows of his life.Īs a way of coping with the horrific events that entangle him, Steve, an amateur filmmaker, decides to transcribe his trial into a script, just like in the movies. Guilty or innocent, Steve becomes a pawn in the hands of "the system," cluttered with cynical authority figures and unscrupulous inmates, who will turn in anyone to shorten their own sentences. A Harlem drugstore owner was shot and killed in his store, and the word is that Steve served as the lookout.
Sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon is on trial for murder. It probably depends on what you mean by "win." You let the jury know that you think the case is a serious as they do. When you're in court, you sit there and pay attetion. Both you and this king character are on trial for felony murder. Let me make sure you understand what's going on. Kathy O'Brien, Steve's lawyer, is all business as she talks to Steve. I'll call it what the lady who is the prosecutor called me. O Sometimes I feel like I have walked into the middle of a movie. Sometimes I feel like I have walked into the middle of a movie.
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